Context:

What is man believing/doing?:

anger without cause between spiritual brothers not considered in same vain

What is making man to believe/do as he is doing?:

Law of Moses forbids murder - letter of the law and common morality

murder ends in the loss of life, anger without cause between brothers does not necessitate the loss of life (or does it?)

spiritual/eternal death not seen in same light as physical, nor is death of body's public reputation or opportunity

Notes:

The spiritual death of both parties is evident in the lack of spiritual reconciliation and effects their relationship to God, their relationship to the body, the body's relationship to itself and to the outside world. To this day it remains a killing field a million times over and is killing plenty of opportunity for others to see the blessed work of Christ as being His light/salt/city. It is worthy of the very judgment this passage talks about.

The parties would rather kill each other and the very image of Christ on earth than resolve their ought, They are neither poor in spirit, mourning, meek, hungred for righteousness, sufferring for His name/righteousness sake, nor do they exceed all other manly righteousness. They reflect not His light and have become unsalted leading others to the same hidden course.

For the rest the Law is against murder, for the believing body exceeding extends even to the anger and ought.

Key Messages:

What does this say about our present condition?

The mind will agree to the definition of sins just beyond it's moral ability, yet self justify those that it is quite accustomed to.

The mind will not see the two as equal because it would rather not consider spiritual death as equal to physical death from lack of experience. The mind would rather seek it's good by offering upon the alter than reconcile itself first to those brothers it is angered at.

Some minds will cherry pick this passage from context it was meant and apply it to all forms of anger. While it may be true in a similar human sense amongst all peoples, not all peoples are spiritually living in order for that spiritual life to then be taken, nor do they reside/abide in the body of Christ. There may even be case where human forms of anger have actually brought individuals to Christ to receive spiritual life.